This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1245 – The Latest… Read More »An Original Interpretation of “Through Those Near to Me I Will Be Sanctified”
Once upon a time Rachel and Chaya stood at the door of their neighbour’s home. The two sisters had come to visit the Brickstein shiva… Read More »Visiting a Shiva House
Purim is an intensely spiritual twenty-four hours, occupying a higher spiritual realm than even Yom Kippur The elevated frame of mind that is meant to… Read More »Where Heaven Meets Earth
Yechezkel 36:16 This week’s Haftorah, read in conjunction with Parshas Parah, describes the Jewish people’s ultimate state of purity. The prophet Yechezkel says in the… Read More »Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Parah
This Week’s RRR (Relevant Religious Reference): “Do not look at the vessel but rather what is in it…” -Avos (Ethics of the Fathers), 5:27 … Read More »The Sign of the Swine
Tragedies happen. Unfortunately, we can’t control them, and we have to learn to live with their consequences, as we try to continue our lives. Tragedy… Read More »Consolation Reprise
Moshe and Aharon entered the Ohel Moed. They left and blessed the people. The Honor of Hashem appeared to all the people.[2] This reads like… Read More »Taking the Rap
BS”D Volume 36, No. 26 23 Adar II 5782 March 26, 2022 In this week’s Parashah, the Torah teaches which animals may be eaten and… Read More »In the Right Time
Friday Night Zoom class on Purim, b”H, Tuesday, March 22, 7:30 pm Israel time. Meeting ID: 836 1383 3117, Passcode: 327302, or see it on… Read More »Greatness Lost and Found
BS”D Volume 36, No. 25 16 Adar II 5782 March 19, 2022 This week’s Parashah continues to discuss the laws of the Korbanot / sacrificial… Read More »First Things First